On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 14:13 -0700, Ben Burdette wrote:
> I have a hauppauge card too, works great I think. I recently remember
> reading about a TV tuner device that you connect to your network, then
> any computer on the network can access the video stream. That might be
> worth a look if you're thinking about buying a TV tuner anyway. IIRC
> that was an HD device, maybe there's one that would handle NTSC too.
Tuners without hardware mpeg encoding chew up lots of CPU. I prefer the
ones with hardware mpeg encoding (the Hauppauge series). But the ones I
use now are no longer sold. The new 1600 seems to be the replacement of
choice, which supports both NTSC and digital.
MythTV will stream Live TV across a network. I do it across a wireless
at home. I record a show (usually Lost) on the server then drag my
laptop with TV-out to the bedroom downstairs to watch the recording sans
commercials via S-Video and an audio cable. Despite dire warnings from
some, the wireless manages the feed me the data without interruption.
This is *not* HD, however.
You can also pseudo-stream across the Internet if you use MythWeb to
start a recording and then use MythWeb to view the recording. You can
even use MythWeb to control the remote tuner. In my office, where I
have a MythTV backend server running across the room from my desk, I
have a CRT to display the MythTV frontend and use MythWeb from my laptop
at the desk to control the TV. That way I don't overtask the laptop
while I'm working on it by running the MythTV frontend on the laptop - I
run it on the remote server instead and just watch it from across the
room (or rather listen to it - I'm usually working while all this
happens).
A cheap alternative is to turn on the VCR and use a remote to the VCR.
Once I discovered remote control via MythWeb, however, I stopped using
the VCR.
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